Facial nerve

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 362460007

Facial nerve

Definition

Cranial nerve that branches into the supraorbital (supplying the skin of the eye region and the lateral line organs here), the palatine (to the roof of the buccal cavity), and the hyomandibular (dividing into the jugular and mental branches).

Also known as branchiomeric cranial nerve, face nerve, facial nerve [VII], facial nerve tree, facial VII, facial VII nerve, nerve of face, nervus facialis, nervus facialis [vii], seventh cranial nerve — per UBERON

The Facial nerve is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Acoustic neuroma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Bell's palsy Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Bell's palsy Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Facial nerve disorder Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Facial nerve neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Schwannoma of twelfth cranial nerve Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Trigeminal schwannoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0